日本語 Photo Journal
13 August 2011; G: Cesena; R: Romain Poite (FRA)
●Japan 24-31 Italy○
Data:
13/08/2011, Japan Tour, Rugby World Cup Warm-up Game
Japan 24 Italy 31
Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena, Italy
Half-time: 17-14
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant Referees: 1st Jérôme Garces (France), 2nd Pascal Gauzere (France), 3rd Tony Redmond (Ireland)
Crowd: 14,000
JAPAN: 15 Shaun Webb, 14 Kosuke Endo, 13 Koji Taira (21 Alisi Tupuailei 52), 12 Ryan Nicholas, 11 Takehisa Usuzuki, 10 James Arlidge, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka (20 Atsushi Hiwasa 69), 8 Ryukoliniasi Holani (3 Kensuke Hatakeyama temp-replacement 75-80 for Hirashima, sin-bin), 7 Michael Leich (19 Tadasuke Nishihara 76), 6 Takashi Kikutani (capt), 5 Tosizumi Kitagawa, 4 Justin Ives (18 Luke Thompson 13), 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama (17 Nozomu Fujita 52), 2 Shota Horie, 1 Hisateru Hirashima.
Reserves: 16 Hiroki Yuhara, 22 Murray Williams.
Tries: Usuzuki, Taira, Penalty Try; Conversions: Arlidge (3); Penalty Goal: Arlidge.
Yellow Card: Hirashima (75, sin-bin, intentional infringement).
ITALY: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Giulio Toniolatti, 13 Alberto Sgarbi (22 Gonzalo Canale 56), 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Tommaso Benvenuti, 10 Riccardo Bocchino (21 Luciano Orquera 52), 9 Edoardo Gori (20 Pablo Canavosio 52), 8 Sergio Parisse (capt), 7 Mauro Bergamasco (3 Lorenzo Cittadini temp-replacement 72-73 for Lo Cicero Vaina, sin-bin), 6 Alessandro Zanni (19 Paul Derbyshire 53), 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys (18 Corniel van Zyl 31), 3 Lorenzo Cittadini (17 Martin Castrogiovanni 53), 2 Leonard Ghiraldini (16 Tommaso d'Apice 76), 1 Andrea Lo Cecero Vaina.
Tries: Lo Cecero Vaina, Ghiraldini, Gori, Pratichetti; Conversions: Bocchino (3), Orquera; Penalty Goal: Orquera.
Yellow Card: Lo Cecero Vaina (62, sin-bin, intentional infringement).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 3min-try Italy, Pratichetti; conv. Bocchino-0-7, 10min-try Italy, Gori; conv. Bocchino-0-14, 22min-try Japan, Usuzuki; conv. Arlidge-7-14, 28min-try Japan, Taira; conv. Arlidge-14-14, 34min-pen Italy, Bocchino (missed), 38min-pen Japan, Arlidge-17-14, Half-time, 44min-try Italy, Ghiraldini; conv. Bocchino-17-21, 57min-try Italy, Lo Cecero Vaina; conv. Orquera-17-28, 63min-try Japan, penalty try; conv. Arlidge-24-28, 73min-pen Italy, Orquera-24-31.
At the beginning of the game, Japan had to stay just in front of their own goal while being under Italy's pressure and kept having a hard time without being able to hold the ball at all. In the 3rd minute, Italy scrum-half approached their own try-line from a penalty in front of Japan goal, then they scored the opening try easily following an angle change by the backs. Also, in the 10th minute, Japan conceded the second try with the individual skills of the opposing scrum-half. Importantly, scrums, even while Japan was not allowed to form any in good time due to communication problems with the referee, as Hatakeyama said “Even while we were sometimes under pressure while the opponent held the ball, we were able to keep the ball solidly when we had the ball”, Japan solidly handled Italy's formation, where the right prop pushed into the inside from the extreme upper. Actually, Japan's first try started from a scrum they succeeded to form as planned. The ball was passed to wing Kosuke Endo who ran from the blindside into the outside of the stand-off who was in the openside, which led to a ruck. The ball went in the forward direction quickly and was grubber kicked by stand-off Arlidge. Then wing Takehisa Usuzuki won against the opposing defense and pressed down in the in-goal by himself. Also, in the 28th minute, the centre combination of Nicholas Ryan and Koji Taira broke through the opposing defense vertically and consecutively to score the second try. As they commented, “Since Italy's defense didn't come forward at all, we considered that it was more effective to cut it simply vertically, therefore we changed the way we attacked”, it was a try achieved by dealing with the opposing defense. Even though the score was a 14-14 tie at this point, while Italy wanted to bring the match to a slow pace, Japan was able to play high-tempo attacks being helped also by their stable scrums. The match was completely at Japan's pace. Just before the first half ended, stand-off James Arlidge scored a penalty goal to make it 17-14. The match entered the half-time break with Japan's lead.
Like beginning of the first half, Italy attacked quickly to score a try from a maul to come from behind again. Even while Japan also approached Italy's goal several times, unlike the first half, Japan was not able to manage to score. Also, their scrums, which were stable in the first half, came under pressure from time to time after Hatakeyama left the match in the 12th minute of the second half. Japan was not able to break Italy's slow pace, which Italy had planned for, saying “After playing the first half of the match, I realized Japan's backs run at a high speed and can be threats, so I instructed my players to give pressure with our forward packs.”(Italy head coach Nick Mallett). Italy scored an additional try from a maul in the 17th minute. Even while Japan gained a penalty try in the 22nd minute with a maul, Japan's high-tempo attacks didn't work in the second half. Japan lost by a margin of 7 points.
13 August 2011; G: Cesena; R: Romain Poite (FRA)
●Japan 24-31 Italy○
Data:
13/08/2011, Japan Tour, Rugby World Cup Warm-up Game
Japan 24 Italy 31
Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena, Italy
Half-time: 17-14
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant Referees: 1st Jérôme Garces (France), 2nd Pascal Gauzere (France), 3rd Tony Redmond (Ireland)
Crowd: 14,000
JAPAN: 15 Shaun Webb, 14 Kosuke Endo, 13 Koji Taira (21 Alisi Tupuailei 52), 12 Ryan Nicholas, 11 Takehisa Usuzuki, 10 James Arlidge, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka (20 Atsushi Hiwasa 69), 8 Ryukoliniasi Holani (3 Kensuke Hatakeyama temp-replacement 75-80 for Hirashima, sin-bin), 7 Michael Leich (19 Tadasuke Nishihara 76), 6 Takashi Kikutani (capt), 5 Tosizumi Kitagawa, 4 Justin Ives (18 Luke Thompson 13), 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama (17 Nozomu Fujita 52), 2 Shota Horie, 1 Hisateru Hirashima.
Reserves: 16 Hiroki Yuhara, 22 Murray Williams.
Tries: Usuzuki, Taira, Penalty Try; Conversions: Arlidge (3); Penalty Goal: Arlidge.
Yellow Card: Hirashima (75, sin-bin, intentional infringement).
ITALY: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Giulio Toniolatti, 13 Alberto Sgarbi (22 Gonzalo Canale 56), 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Tommaso Benvenuti, 10 Riccardo Bocchino (21 Luciano Orquera 52), 9 Edoardo Gori (20 Pablo Canavosio 52), 8 Sergio Parisse (capt), 7 Mauro Bergamasco (3 Lorenzo Cittadini temp-replacement 72-73 for Lo Cicero Vaina, sin-bin), 6 Alessandro Zanni (19 Paul Derbyshire 53), 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys (18 Corniel van Zyl 31), 3 Lorenzo Cittadini (17 Martin Castrogiovanni 53), 2 Leonard Ghiraldini (16 Tommaso d'Apice 76), 1 Andrea Lo Cecero Vaina.
Tries: Lo Cecero Vaina, Ghiraldini, Gori, Pratichetti; Conversions: Bocchino (3), Orquera; Penalty Goal: Orquera.
Yellow Card: Lo Cecero Vaina (62, sin-bin, intentional infringement).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 3min-try Italy, Pratichetti; conv. Bocchino-0-7, 10min-try Italy, Gori; conv. Bocchino-0-14, 22min-try Japan, Usuzuki; conv. Arlidge-7-14, 28min-try Japan, Taira; conv. Arlidge-14-14, 34min-pen Italy, Bocchino (missed), 38min-pen Japan, Arlidge-17-14, Half-time, 44min-try Italy, Ghiraldini; conv. Bocchino-17-21, 57min-try Italy, Lo Cecero Vaina; conv. Orquera-17-28, 63min-try Japan, penalty try; conv. Arlidge-24-28, 73min-pen Italy, Orquera-24-31.
At the beginning of the game, Japan had to stay just in front of their own goal while being under Italy's pressure and kept having a hard time without being able to hold the ball at all. In the 3rd minute, Italy scrum-half approached their own try-line from a penalty in front of Japan goal, then they scored the opening try easily following an angle change by the backs. Also, in the 10th minute, Japan conceded the second try with the individual skills of the opposing scrum-half. Importantly, scrums, even while Japan was not allowed to form any in good time due to communication problems with the referee, as Hatakeyama said “Even while we were sometimes under pressure while the opponent held the ball, we were able to keep the ball solidly when we had the ball”, Japan solidly handled Italy's formation, where the right prop pushed into the inside from the extreme upper. Actually, Japan's first try started from a scrum they succeeded to form as planned. The ball was passed to wing Kosuke Endo who ran from the blindside into the outside of the stand-off who was in the openside, which led to a ruck. The ball went in the forward direction quickly and was grubber kicked by stand-off Arlidge. Then wing Takehisa Usuzuki won against the opposing defense and pressed down in the in-goal by himself. Also, in the 28th minute, the centre combination of Nicholas Ryan and Koji Taira broke through the opposing defense vertically and consecutively to score the second try. As they commented, “Since Italy's defense didn't come forward at all, we considered that it was more effective to cut it simply vertically, therefore we changed the way we attacked”, it was a try achieved by dealing with the opposing defense. Even though the score was a 14-14 tie at this point, while Italy wanted to bring the match to a slow pace, Japan was able to play high-tempo attacks being helped also by their stable scrums. The match was completely at Japan's pace. Just before the first half ended, stand-off James Arlidge scored a penalty goal to make it 17-14. The match entered the half-time break with Japan's lead.
Like beginning of the first half, Italy attacked quickly to score a try from a maul to come from behind again. Even while Japan also approached Italy's goal several times, unlike the first half, Japan was not able to manage to score. Also, their scrums, which were stable in the first half, came under pressure from time to time after Hatakeyama left the match in the 12th minute of the second half. Japan was not able to break Italy's slow pace, which Italy had planned for, saying “After playing the first half of the match, I realized Japan's backs run at a high speed and can be threats, so I instructed my players to give pressure with our forward packs.”(Italy head coach Nick Mallett). Italy scored an additional try from a maul in the 17th minute. Even while Japan gained a penalty try in the 22nd minute with a maul, Japan's high-tempo attacks didn't work in the second half. Japan lost by a margin of 7 points.